Huge fire breaks out in the rubble of Beirut’s port just weeks after an explosion decimated the area Huge column of black smoke and red flames leapt from the steel wreckage of Beirut port this afternoon A store of oil and tyres went up in flames, the army said, but it is not yet clear … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Huge fire breaks out in the rubble of Beirut’s port just weeks after an explosion decimated the area By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline Published: 11:46 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 11:58 BST, 10 September 2020 Share or comment on this article:
The Port of Beirut has re-opened for aid shipments over three weeks after a haul of abandoned ammonium nitrate in storage blew up a warehouse causing a cataclysmic explosion that killed 171 people. In aerial photographs released today, aid ships can be seen moored off Beirut’s flattened port. The blast, which took place on August … Read more
The Port of Beirut has re-opened for aid shipments over three weeks after a haul of abandoned ammonium nitrate in storage blew up a warehouse causing a cataclysmic explosion that killed 171 people. In aerial photographs released today, aid ships can be seen moored off Beirut’s flattened port. The blast, which took place on August … Read more
Bags of fireworks were stored alongside highly explosive ammonium nitrate at Beirut’s port, a former worker has claimed. Yusuf Shehadi said dozens of fireworks were stored in the same hangar as thousands of tonnes of the powerful chemical compound in the port of Beirut, Lebanon. Meanwhile, people were out hurling stones at riot police outside … Read more
Bags of fireworks were stored alongside highly explosive ammonium nitrate at Beirut’s port, a former worker has claimed. Yusuf Shehadi said dozens of fireworks were stored in the same hangar as thousands of tonnes of the powerful chemical compound in the port of Beirut, Lebanon. Meanwhile, people were out hurling stones at riot police outside … Read more
The leader of Hezbollah has strongly denied that his militant political group had stored arms at Beirut’s port, describing the cataclysmic explosion there as ‘a major tragedy’. ‘We have nothing in the port: not an arms depot, nor a missile depot nor missiles nor rifles nor bombs nor bullets nor (ammonium) nitrate,’ Hassan Nasrallah said … Read more
The explosive chemicals which caused the Beirut disaster may have been diverted to Lebanon on purpose, it has been claimed. The shipment of ammonium nitrate was officially destined for Mozambique when it sailed on the cargo ship Rhosus in 2013, but the vessel made an unscheduled stop in Beirut where the chemicals were impounded. A … Read more
A tragic photo has emerged showing the final moments of firefighters sent to tackle a blaze at Warehouse 12 in Beirut’s port before the chemicals stored inside exploded with the force of a small nuke – killing at least 137. The image – verified by MailOnline – shows firefighters trying to prize the lock off … Read more
A tragic photo has emerged showing the final moments of firefighters sent to tackle a blaze at Warehouse 12 in Beirut’s port before the chemicals stored inside exploded with the force of a small nuke – killing at least 137. The image – verified by MailOnline – shows firefighters trying to prize the lock off … Read more